Tier III Meeting Outline

Roles of Team Members Coordinator –Set up meetings, contact parents, inform members of team about agenda, inform teachers about meetings Time keeper –Make sure meetings stay on track and away from admiring the problem Note keeper/paperwork Data management and presentation

1 st Meeting Problem solve student concerns Use the PSM Tier III paperwork (page no. 1) Consider ICEL (instruction, curriculum, environment, learner) Develop an assessment plan –Plan should consider RIOT (review, interview, observe, test) Set a date for second meeting

Time Between 1 st and 2 nd Meeting Gather data based on assessment plan Take no more than two weeks to gather data

2 nd Meeting Set goals using Tier III paperwork (page no. 2) –Goals come from baseline data collected during assessment plan Should have two goals –One goal based on growth rates (short-term) –One goal based on benchmark scores (long-term) Decide on best guess about why problem is occurring and how you plan to fix the problem

2 nd Meeting Describe goals in measurable terms –Eggbert will increase his oral reading fluency from 32 words correct per minute to 60 words correct per minute with less than 5 errors, in eight weeks time when given a 3 rd grade DIBELS ORF progress monitoring probe. Describe intervention who, when, where, how often Describe how student will be monitored

Between 2 nd and 3 rd meeting Intervene based on plan for 6 to 8 weeks Progress monitor intervention 2 to 3 times per week Graph data with aimlines based on goals Change intervention if data suggests a change is needed –Document change

3 rd Meeting Go over completed graph Fill out page 5 of Tier III paperwork Need to make a decision about how to proceed